Summary

  • England ease past San Marino in their first qualifier for 2022 Fifa World Cup

  • Ward-Prowse scores his first international goal

  • Calvert-Lewin scores twice - one goal in either half

  • Sterling - captain for the night - gets a goal before being taken off at half-time

  • Watkins comes off bench to grab debut goal

  • Poland, Hungary, Albania & Andorra also in Group 1

  • England also play Albania & Poland during this international window

  1. YELLOW CARDpublished at 90+2 mins

    England 5-0 San Marino

    Tyrone Mings comes flying in on Nicola Nanni and picks up a yellow. Bit stupid.

  2. Postpublished at 90+1 mins

    England 5-0 San Marino

    James Ward-Prowse is offside as England play it short on the corner.

    One minute to go.

  3. Postpublished at 90 mins

    England 5-0 San Marino

    Great feet from Jude Bellingham on the right to retain possession. Phil Foden then sprints in behind but the pass is overcooked.

  4. Postpublished at 88 mins

    England 5-0 San Marino

    It's floated over the top for Ben Chilwell. He slides to cut it back but it's blocked.

    Alessandro D'Addario puts him under pressure when it rebounds back to Chilwell and he goes down claiming a penalty.

    Nothing in it.

  5. Postpublished at 86 mins

    England 5-0 San Marino

    That was also Ollie Watkins' first shot for England.

  6. World Cup qualifying latestpublished at 21:27 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2021

    The game in Hungary is a belter. After seeing a 2-0 lead slip away from them against Poland, the home side now lead again, thanks to Vilmos Orban's goal.

  7. Postpublished at 21:26 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2021

    England 5-0 San Marino

    Ollie Watkins is the first Aston Villa player to score on his England debut since Darius Vassell in February 2002 against the Netherlands.

    Ollie WatkinsImage source, Reuters
  8. Postpublished at 84 mins

    England 5-0 San Marino

    Dante Rossi comes sliding in on Kieran Trippier and catches him on the ankle. Bit naughty.

  9. goal

    GOAL - England 5-0 San Marinopublished at 82 mins

    Ollie Watkins

    Ollie WatkinsImage source, Getty Images

    A debut goal!

    England work it across the edge of the box from the left. Phil Foden rolls it to Ollie Watkins, he works a yard, then drills it into the far corner.

    He's got a huge grin on his face. Always a big moment to score your first England goal and he's enjoying that.

  10. Postpublished at 82 mins

    England 4-0 San Marino

    James Ward-Prowse will always create chances though. He puts it in for Jude Bellingham, who tries to power a header into the right corner from just inside the box. It's a decent effort but always going wide.

  11. Postpublished at 80 mins

    England 4-0 San Marino

    There's a danger of this being a left-to-right game of possession for the final 10 minutes.

    San Marino apparently can drop deeper and they have. England are passing it around the back.

  12. Postpublished at 21:20 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2021

    England 4-0 San Marino

    Elia BenedettiniImage source, Getty Images

    I've decided goalkeeper Elia Benedettini is San Marino's greatest ever player.

  13. Postpublished at 78 mins

    England 4-0 San Marino

    Ben Chilwell puts a teasing cross in from the left and James Ward-Prowse almost gets there but it doesn't bounce for him.

    Jesse Lingard then wins it back on the edge of the box but the keeper makes another decent save.

  14. Postpublished at 76 mins

    England 4-0 San Marino

    As someone has rightly pointed out, James Ward-Prowse can still get that hyphenated hat-trick.

    He's been heavily involved in the second half but it's Conor Coady on the ball at the moment.

  15. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 21:16 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2021

    #bbcfootball or text 81111 (UK only)

    I'm sorry - but this performance tactically is awful. Why are we playing 2 centre backs and a holding midfielder. Play your opponents not what you want to do in your next game.

    Jamie Richardson, York

    I so think England are missing Grealish here. It's very slow and unconvincing.

    Stephen, Birmingham

  16. Postpublished at 21:15 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2021

    England 4-0 San Marino

    Rob Green
    Former England goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live

    James Ward-Prowse is a player who can get the ball up and down. It's a brilliant save from Elia Benedettini, who could read it a little bit.

  17. Postpublished at 73 mins

    England 4-0 San Marino

    Ollie Watkins pings it into the middle but Jude Bellingham's bicycle kick doesn't come off. It bounces wide and Gareth Southgate giggles on the sideline.

  18. HITS THE WOODWORKpublished at 72 mins

    England 4-0 San Marino

    James Ward-ProwseImage source, Reuters

    James Ward-Prowse clips the outside of the left post with a peach of a curler!

    The keeper gets a hand on it too - he's having a worldie of a performance! Brilliant save.

  19. World Cup qualifying latestpublished at 21:12 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2021

    OK, so scratch what we said earlier about Poland losing to make England's night that bit better.

    They have scored twice in two minutes to draw level at 2-2 in Hungary. Krzysztof Piatek got the first, with Derby's Kamil Jozwiak scpring the equaliser.

  20. Postpublished at 70 mins

    England 4-0 San Marino

    Jude Bellingham wins a free-kick for England on the edge of the box after a burst of pace and some trickery.

    James Ward-Prowse, step up.